Didi Rankovic
Didi Rankovic is an experienced online journalist, editor, and translator, with a career spanning over ten years writing for major a English-language website in Serbia, and previously working as translator for international organizations and peacekeepers in the Balkans. Rankovic is passionate about free and open source tech and is a head contributor for Reclaim The Net, focusing on lead stories. [email protected]
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The sudden global push for age verification to end online anonymity and drive digital ID uptake
Several US states are taking cues from Europe and tackling what the World Economic Forum calls the “problem” of online anonymity. All under the premise of keeping children safe.
EU lawmakers support EU-wide digital wallet
Digital access to key public services.
Google project is running “prebunking experiment” on social media
Running since September.
Microsoft and OpenAI vow to implement “safeguards” to address “misinformation”
Automatic censorship.
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The New York City Department of Health created “Misinformation Response Unit” to monitor social media
More social media surveillance.
Kenya is being used as a testing ground for biometric-based vaccine tracking for babies
Using fingerprints and voice data.
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UK considers banning encrypted phones
Another move against privacy.
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Pakistan backtracks on Wikipedia censorship
The country had originally blocked the site for not censoring “objectionable” content.